9th Circuit Clarifies Standard For Willful Blindness In Trademark Cases

(July 25, 2023, 1:05 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — General knowledge that a party is using a product to engage in trademark infringement is not enough to sustain a finding of willful contributory infringement, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled July 24; instead, according to the panel, a defendant must have knowledge of “specific infringers or instances of infringement.”...